Legal Opinion
Wilkin v. Shell Oil Co. Shell Oil Co. v. Wilkin
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1952No. 4299_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
Shell Oil Company1 brought this action against Wilkin and others to quiet the title to three oil and gas leases held by it on the following described lands, situate in Beckham County, Oklahoma, to wit:
The Southeast Quarter (SE>4) of Section Nine (9) and the Northwest Quarter (NW%) of the Southwest Quarter (SW %) of Section Ten (10), Township Ten (10) North, Range Twenty-one (21) West, containing 200 acres.
The facts are not in substantial dispute. On January 11, 1929, C. C. Webb and Ruby I. Webb, his wife, gave a mortgage on the land to the Commissioners of the Land…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Mellen v. Moline Malleable Iron WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Le Maistre v. LeffersSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- City of Bristow Ex Rel. Hedges v. GroomSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
- Gay v. ParpartSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Marks v. CowlesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Wolak v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1973
- Town of Middlebury v. SteinmannSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Hart v. PharaohSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Condren v. Harrison (In Re Borison)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Winkler v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
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